02/19/2015

Hello! Two days in a row, I know! Crazy, huh? Well, I created another page to share and I've got a minute, so I might as well blog it.

This is a photo from last summer that I positively love and I really wanted to scrap on a great page. I wasn't ever sure what that great page would be, but I knew that I wanted to be happy with the end result.

I've been scrapping with lots of Bella Blvd. products from my stash and the Scraptastic Club Store lately and still had a bunch of those items out. I figured, why not take some of my favorites from the bunch and get them on the page? I'm definitely running out of non-specific embellishments, it's time to stock up!

Most of these products ended up being older Bella Blvd. products from my stash. They worked well with my Silhouette Cameo and this photo. I love how the whole page is super bright + playful.

I won't only scrap baseball forever, though I sure do love it!

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my page -- make it a great day!

02/18/2015

Hello there! I'm excited to share this page with you that I created in honor of BASEBALL! Yup, today is the day that the Cincinnati Reds pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training -- all the rest will follow.

We love baseball. I love to watch my boys, MLB, whatever. We are baseball people. So, I took a favorite photo of my son and some Jillibean Soup products from the Scraptastic Club store to create this page!

I love how all the circles sort of represent the ball and the colors are bright + fresh and really make me think of summer!

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look at my page. Make it a great day!

I couldn’t stop there, oh no! I had to create a page that became a favorite of mine right away. Love using the Counting Stars cut file as part of the pile of layers.

I had fun building the layers with the exclusives from the kit. I used both the cut file plus the 12×12 cut apart sheet to build and it was fun! This was actually a selfie we took when my son was home sick but we were having such a good time together, we wanted to commemorate the moment. I’m so glad we did because this photo is definitely a favorite.

Now, who says LOVE layouts have to be done using love themed products? I mean, don’t get me wrong, that makes it easy peasy. But perhaps you want to use bold + bright colors and make something a little out of the ordinary!

Entering the Counting Stars kit! LOTS to love here — and perfect for this school page. And those My Mind’s Eye rub-ons could not be any more perfect for my title! (This is a Pitch Perfect reference, for those not familiar!)

02/12/2015

Hello there! Just a quick stop to share a couple of cards that I made recently.

I knew I was going to need a Valentine's Day card for the special someone in my life. So I pulled out some simple, yet colorful + festive Bella Blvd. supplies from my stash. I knew I could create something perfect with these.

I love the pink + grey together -- such an underused combo. A little embellishing and you have something simple, yet sweet.

So, I had my Bella Blvd. products out and I was still in a card making mood. So, I went a little bolder this time. A little more vibrant.

I just love how the grey pops with the red and yellow. Then the teal peeking out?! You get a super colorful feel with just a few pops of color!

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my cards today. I hope you'll make it a great day!

In order to embellish a bit, (Just a bit though. I wanted to keep the overall page fairly simple) I added some die cuts and brads from Simple Stories, and wood veneer & washi tape from Freckled Fawn. The machine stitching also added some texture - and allowed me to keep the focus on the photo. (Which, by the way isn't perfect. However, it's him -- right then -- on the beach -- as a newly 13 year old. That is all I need for it to be.)

I had fun with this one and was reminded how much I love colorful products + large photos. You might be seeing a lot more of both in the future!

02/02/2015

Hello there! I am back! I can hardly believe it -- since I actually got over here a couple of days last week! Anyway, I'm so happy to share a couple of projects with you.

I have a card and a layout that I created with the Scraptastic Club Sweater Weather kit and add-on. (This one was so great, the main kit sold out immediately. The add-on is still available {there are exclusive papers in there!} The whole thing was just pretty great.)

I pretty much loved the Jillibean Soup kraft tags that were included in the kit. They were so fun to line up and I loved how they really make such a fun part of the page.

02/01/2015

Hello, there! I'm super excited to take a minute for a quick share. The Scraptastic Club February kits are up and ready for you to purchase. I love the exclusives. LOVE them. They are so fresh and unique -- I cannot wait to spend some real time with them.

Counting Stars kit

Counting Stars add-on

Maybe Valentines products are for you -- then you'll want to see this awesomeness!

It Takes Two add-on

This Life Noted kit is perfect for those pocket pages. And I pretty much love it.

Now what about stamps? I love them, you love them - -these are awesome!

Do you love these as much as I do? I hope so!

Thanks for stopping by, I'm so happy to share these beauties with you!

01/30/2015

Hello, there! I've got one last guest post for October Afternoon to share with you today. I'm extremely pleased to have had the opportunity to share a few projects with you over the month of January. I'm even more excited that I got to create with the Saturday Mornings collection as it's truly been fun to work with.

This first page I'm going to share with you was one I had in my head for a while, actually. Then, Saturday Mornings came along and I knew it was a perfect fit. The pastels in the collection are lovely but they aren't cloying and they don't shout PASTEL. This would work well for a page about my youngest son and his beloved baby blanket.

As you can see, when you break it down, this page is actually quite simple. I let the die cut words and pattern paper do the work. However, it doesn't really have a simple feel at all!

After creating this page I had the baby theme on the brain -- so I set out to create a fun little baby card using the left overs on my desk. It was fun to play and create something great at the same time!

Isn't Saturday Mornings the perfect answer to a baby card? It's even more awesome because it's great for a lot of other things, too! The Memory Card Mix was perfect for layering on this card and I loved adding the little pop of a different pattern.

Now, I couldn't let this collection go without creating a page about BREAKFAST. I mean, the collection does center around breakfast in a major way! It just so happens that my middle son loves breakfast -- I mean like, attacks it voraciously. So, it's easy to see how this could all go together perfectly.

How cute are the images in this collection? The little bear? The cyclone? Positively adorable and really easy to use!

Who knew a fried egg could be so cute?

That's it for me! I hope you've enjoyed seeing what I can create with October Afternoon Saturday Mornings. I know I loved working with it and am so happy with the projects I created. (If you would like to see all of my projects you can do so here, here, here and here.) If you would like to have more inspiration from October Afternoon make sure to follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

01/29/2015

Hello! Hopefully you're not so over Christmas that a couple of Christmas pages are going to turn you off!

Between Christmas and New Years I had printed off a couple of great photos from Christmas. I knew I wanted to scrap them, and I had intended to get to them a little sooner than I did. Now, it's the end of January and I'm just getting around to it. However, I had some great Bella Blvd. Christmas Cheer that I really wanted to use and I thought - why not finally scrap those photos?

Dear Santa! This one actually makes me laugh - because I was totally just going off of the phrase on my sons shirt. He's a naughty little fella, so the shirt was perfect AND creating a page highlighting it was fun! (And I pretty much love the page + the photo. That's as good as it gets!)

I wanted to create another page -- and I wanted to stick with the Christmas tree theme, as it was pretty fun.

The first thing I did was take a couple of the Christmas Cheer papers and cut them in to strips of varied lengths. I wanted to mimic a Christmas tree with these strips and the photos. Once I had those laid out and stitched, I could embellish. It was fun adding little bits and pieces all around the tree. (Kind of like decorating the Christmas tree!)

Really so fun -- and I am so glad I decided to scrap those Christmas photos with the Christmas Cheer collection, even though Christmas is well behind us!

Thanks for stopping by and come back tomorrow for a few more projects I created with the October Afternoon Saturday Mornings Collection.